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Anotosaura collaris AMARAL, 1933

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Higher TaxaGymnophthalmidae (Ecpleopodinae), Sauria, Gymnophthalmoidea, Squamata (lizards)
Subspecies 
Common NamesE: Collared Anotosaura 
SynonymAnotosaura collaris AMARAL 1933: 19
Anotosaura collaris — PETERS & DONOSO-BARROS 1970: 71
Anotosaura collaris — VANZOLINI 1976
Anotosaura collaris — PELOSO et al. 2011 
DistributionBrazil (Bahia)

Type locality: Villa Nova (= Senhor do Bonfim), Bahia, Brazil.  
Reproductionoviparous 
TypesHolotype: MZUSP (was Museu Paulista 788) 
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CommentSubspecies: Anotosaura collaris vanzolinia (DIXON 1974) is now considered as a valid species.

Type species: Anotosaura collaris AMARAL 1933 is the type species of the genus Anotosaura AMARAL 1933.

Abundance: very rare; only a few specimens are known (Rodrigues et al. 2013). 
EtymologyNamed after Latin collaris, collar, neckband; chain for neck. (AMARAL 1933, Esteban Lavilla, pers. comm., April 2024)

The genus was named after Greek a- (α-), privative partícle + Greek notos (νῶτος), back, dorsum + Greek sauros (σαῦρος), lizard. 
References
  • Amaral, A. do 1933. Estudos sobre Lacertilios neotropicos. I. novos generos e especies de largartos do Brasil. Mem. Inst. Butantan 7 [1932]: 51-75 - get paper here
  • Castoe, T.A.; Doan, T.M. & Parkinson, C.L. 2004. Data partitions and complex models in Bayesian analysis: the phylogeny of Gymnophthalmid lizards. Systematic Biology 53 (3): 448-469 - get paper here
  • Dixon,J.R. 1974. Systematic review of the lizard genus Anotosaura (Teiidae). Herpetologica 30: 13-18 - get paper here
  • Peloso, Pedro L.V.; Katia C. M. Pellegrino, Miguel T. Rodrigues, and Teresa C.S. Ávila-Pires 2011. Description and Phylogenetic Relationships of a New Genus and Species of Lizard (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae) from the Amazonian Rainforest of Northern Brazil. American Museum Novitates (3713): 1-24 - get paper here
  • Peters, James A. & Donoso-Barros, Roberto 1970. Catalogue of the Neotropical Squamata: Part II. Lizards and Amphisbaenians. Bull. US Natl. Mus. 297: 293 pp. - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, M.T. 2003. Herpetofauna da Caatinga. In: I.R. Leal, M. Tabarelli & J.M.C. Silva (eds.). Ecologia e conservação da Caatinga, pp. 181-236. Editora Universitária, Universidade Federal de Pernambuco, Recife, Brasil.
  • Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Katia Cristina Machado Pellegrino, Marianna Dixo, Vanessa Kruth Verdade, Dante Pavan, Antônio Jorge Suzart Argolo, and Jack W. Sites Jr. 2007. A new genus of microteiid lizard from the Atlantic forests of State of Bahia, Brazil, with a new generic name for Colobosaura mentalis, and a discussion of relationships among the Heterodactylini (Squamata, Gymnophthalmidae). American Museum novitates (3565): 1-27 - get paper here
  • Rodrigues, Miguel Trefaut; Mauro Teixeira Jr, Francisco DAL Vechio, Renata Cecília Amaro, Carolina NiSA, AGUSTÍN CAMACHO GUERRERO, RoBerta Damasceno, JULIANA GUSSON ROSCITO, Pedro M. Sales-Nunes, Renato Sousa Recoder 2013. Rediscovery of the Earless Microteiid Lizard Anotosaura collaris Amaral, 1933 (Squamata: Gymnophthalmidae): A redescription complemented by osteological, hemipenial, molecular, karyological, physiological and ecological data. Zootaxa 3731 (3) - get paper here
  • Uchôa LR, Delfim FR, Mesquita DO, Colli GR, Garda AA, Guedes TB 2022. Lizards (Reptilia: Squamata) from the Caatinga, northeastern Brazil: Detailed and updated overview. Vertebrate Zoology 72: 599-659 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini, P. E. 1976. Two notes on Anotosaura (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. 30 (8): 119-122 - get paper here
  • Vanzolini,P.E. & Ramos, A.M.M. 1977. A new species of Colobodactylus, with notes on the distribution of a group of stranded microteiid lizards (Sauria, Teiidae). Pap. Avulsos Zool. 31 (3): 19-47 - get paper here
 
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